دوانة

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

Either borrowed from Beja duwaan (“vessel for storing liquids”), from Arabic جُوَن (juwan), the plural of جَوْنَة (jawna, “receptacle for bottles”) or, according to Pommerol (1999), an alteration of Arabic دَنّ (dann, “wine jug”). Cognate with Sudanese Arabic دوانة (duwāna).

Pronunciation

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Noun

دوانة • (duwāne) f (plural دواين (dawāyin))

large water pot

References

Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎^[1] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 43
Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999) Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien ~ Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 404
Reinisch, Leo (1895) Wörterbuch der Beḍauye-Sprache‎^[2] (in German), Wien, Austria, page 72